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🚨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time. When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”

Super excited to kick-off our new series on strategies for states to lead on a pro-nature energy buildout! This starter piece is a broad overview/rebuttal of the clean energy vs. conservation argument, but we have future policy deep dives in the work so keep an eye out!

The Trump admin has spread misinformation overstating the harms of renewables to wildlife to justify stifling affordable, rapid-to-deploy, clean energy. But renewables don’t have to come at the cost of nature. Here’s how states can achieve both: www.americanprogress.org/article/stat... 🔌💡

Onshore and offshore wind projects are slated to create tens of thousands of jobs - if they survive Trump and Congressional Republicans' policies. New analysis from me and @americanprogress.bsky.social colleagues here: www.americanprogress.org/article/the-... 🔌💡

🚨 The Trump administration and congressional Republicans are attacking the entire wind power industry and throwing into question more than 17,000 offshore jobs and likely thousands more onshore. Learn more: www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

Is this abundance? This project was approved under FAST-41, meaning it had expedited permit approvals. It also had labor, domestic supply chain, power offtake agreements for communities attached to it... meaning a whole lot of high quality American jobs and affordable energy just went up in flames.

Energy communities - left with toxic, abandoned sites and lost employment - were slated to receive new jobs, energy, and revenues fueled by IRA. The ‘Big, Beautiful’ bill pulls the plug on this future by ending tax credits early #OBBB 🔌💡 www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

❌ 🌬️ 🔋Local opposition to renewable energy facilities finds that organized efforts to block wind, solar, battery storage, and transmission grew substantially in 2024, with nearly 500 contested projects in 49 states. Read more here: blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechang...

THREAD 🧵Here’s what you need to know about the current state of Senate Republicans’ plan to sell off millions of acres of America’s public lands (1/6)

THE SENATE GOP’S SEISMIC OVERHAUL OF CLEAN ENERGY TAX CREDITS, EXPLAINED We summarize the GOP reconciliation bill’s biggest changes to the Inflation Reduction Act’s landmark climate policies. It’s horrendous for wind, solar, and EVs. by @emilypont.bsky.social and me heatmap.news/politics/sen...

As much as 72 percent of all clean energy capacity that would have been built over the next decade would disappear if clean energy investments are terminated. That would wipe out more than half of all new electricity capacity additions to the grid. Whoa.

Just another way Trump is jacking up energy bills for everyday Americans: he's keeping expensive, dirty coal plants open that no one wants or needs. Not even the utilities who own the plants! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/c...

House Republicans tonight proposed blanket rescissions of funding that is still available from Biden's Inflation Reduction Act for cleaning up ports, trucking, schools, and manufacturing, for investments in new businesses, air monitoring, and environmental justice communities.

the republican plan would kick more than 8 million people off their insurance. how many is 8 million? it's more than the combined population of: Montana Rhode Island Delaware South Dakota North Dakota Alaska Washington, DC Vermont Wyoming

Against Cynicism: part infinity

Right now, the House Natural Resources committee is debating a tax bill that sells off our public lands, rescinds funding for coastal resilience, and provides massive giveaways to the oil and gas industry: www.americanprogress.org/article/cong...

Amid all the other news, it's easy to become inured to the basic facts here. Öztürk: -Is not accused of committing any crime -Is nonviolent -Was in this country legally -Merely engaged in speech that the administration objects to -Has been locked up for six weeks

Hi all! Super excited to announce that the report that @taotaotasi.bsky.social and I (along with a whole bunch of other collaborators!) wrote is now out! www.americanprogress.org/article/exec... It's a meaty report, so here's a quick summary: (1/5)

State and local leadership can drive real change to protect kelp forests, coastal wetlands, oyster reefs, seagrass meadows, coral reefs, and beaches. www.americanprogress.org/article/exec...

Trump’s economic legacy will be convincing people not to invest in America. www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...

One of the MANY needless harms from this reckless action: gutting LIHEAP staff--which cuts off $400m of life-saving relief for households facing utility shut-offs or dangerous extreme heat or cold. NEADA director Mark Wolfe says "The program could well grind to a halt.” www.cnn.com/2025/04/01/h...

📣 New event series: Join us next Monday, March 24th for the first in a series of virtual events highlighting the impact that DOGE’s cuts are having on the lives of everyday Americans. RSVP:

Awful. "Companies like CoreCivic and GEO Group receive government funding based on the number of people they detain, which is why they lobby for stricter immigration policies... CoreCivic made over $560m from Ice contracts in a single year. In 2024, GEO Group made more than $763m from Ice contracts"

The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought: - 1.65 million deaths from AIDS - 500,000 from lack of vaccines - 550,000 from lack of food aid - 290,000 from malaria - 310,000 from TB

Something that's been clear to me for some time is that a lot of progressive advocacy and politics has overindexed on finding just the right combination of words to say while ignoring the fact that no media ecosystem exists where people might actually hear you say them. New from @mmfa.bsky.social

Please, if you have Senators, call them. Please also vote against Congress’ attempt to strip DC of spending its own locally raised money on its balanced budget.

Mahmoud's wife recounts ICE following them into their building as they returned from an Iftar dinner. She refused to leave Mahmoud. Officers threatened to arrest her too. The officers barricaded Mahmoud from her. They didn't show a warrant. They hung up the phone on their lawyer.

If you want info on how the tariffs will make your energy bills worse, we at @heatmap.news have you very much covered

Reports of ICE raids, & at least one detention, in Northern Virginia. Don't open the door if ICE knocks, check for a warrant signed by a judge, & don't answer questions without a lawyer are among your rights, regardless of citizenship. If you're a bystander, you can remind people. More tips here:

Elon Musk’s purge of the federal workforce is already hitting America’s parks and public lands, while our remaining government resources are being funneled to prioritize oil and gas industry profits. Great new piece from my teammates at CAP tracking this: www.americanprogress.org/article/amer...

The Trump administration is firing thousands of workers at the National Weather Service and NOAA. The National Weather Service — which provides life-saving forecasts — costs taxpayers just $4/year per person and generates $100B in economic value. This is chaos and destruction for the sake of it.

"We should not accept these rollbacks as permanent defeat, but as an opportunity to make our efforts sharper and more effective. The loss of 30×30 should be seen not as a rejection of conservation values, but as a call to reimagine a conservation strategy that works for more people in more places."

@taotaotasi.bsky.social and I wrote an op-ed about the loss of 30x30, how we rebuild stronger, and charting a future course for ocean conservation: news.mongabay.com/2025/02/the-...

This is also a VERY useful stat sheet for calls tomorrow reminding your members of Congress how many voters they just voted to fuck over in favor of billionaires.

the "far-left climate agenda" is farmers trying to keep the lights on, now out tens of thousands of dollars from their own pockets because our government won't fulfill the contracts they signed

When OMB head Russ Vought talks about deliberate efforts to put federal employees "in trauma" and make them quit their jobs, he's talking about people like Michelle, recently fired by Musk/Trump. www.sfgate.com/california/a...

He's talking about people like Gregg:

Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠 sciencehomecoming.com

Almost a third of Project 2025’s suggestions have already been implemented or are in progress, 25 days into Trump's second term. @jeva.bsky.social talks to @keeptrack.bsky.social on keeping tabs on Project 2025 ⬇️

DC PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT THE OCEANS & CLIMATE Tomorrow @vanhollen.senate.gov & the #Chesapeake Climate Action Network are holding a press conference/rally in defense of #NOAA, outside the Department of Commerce. Tuesday, Feb 11, 2pm. 350 14th St NW. 🧪🌊🦑 Deets: www.mobilize.us/ccanactionfu...

corporate DEI was always ~90% wokewashing, though the government versions of it had more teeth. but even it it was a smokescreen, the anti-DEI movement is *also* a smokescreen for bringing back explicit white supremacy

Shutting down USAID is not about efficiency—it’s about undermining America’s global leadership. USAID counters extremism, fights diseases, and creates more markets for U.S. exports. This is reckless and dangerous.

Community benefits agreements offer a promising solution to address local concerns and build trust for renewable energy projects, but their success depends on fair negotiations and transparent collaboration.

This an ugly way to begin the four-year process whereby Americans relearn that the US government a) does all kinds of things they need but don't even know about, b) well, despite c) being chronically understaffed.

While President Trump illegally pauses federal funding from Congress, the Senate must not be business as usual. We do not consent to this lawless power grab.

Reiterating my call to fellow federally-funded scientists: Call your reps, tell them how this hurts science and everything good that comes from science (Also non-scientists, and scientists without federal funding! But the more of us who can directly speak to the impacts of these freezes the better)

New Interior memo orders a 60-day pause on new approvals for all renewable energy development on federal land—not just wind, this one also affects solar. www.doi.gov/document-lib... (Very similar to an early Biden DOI memo ordering a 60-day freeze on new fossil fuel authorizations on public lands.)